#263; Menopausing So Hard - Amanda Thebe

<p>Mental </p> <p>Perimenopause</p> <p><br></p> <p>Progesterone is linear on the way down but estrogen is on the way down </p> <p>Testosterone also decline</p> <p><br></p> <p>Night sweats &amp; restless legs, constipation </p> <p>What are other symptoms you see</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Personal stuff </p> <p>Experiences </p> <p><br></p> <p>Amandathebe.com</p> <p>Menopocolypse </p> <p>Insta @amanda.thebe</p> <p>FB group: Menopausing So Hard</p> <p>find me at instagram.com/transformxruby</p> <p><br></p> <p>&gt; estrogen</p> <p>&gt; bellyfat</p> <p><br></p> <p>&gt; the brain &amp; cognition; role of estrogen &amp; testosterone</p> <p><br></p> <p>Other symptoms that arent spoken about alot </p> <p><br></p> <p>“why am I so bloody fat”</p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p>isn&#39;t down to menopause specifically but down to the impact that menopause has on our lives </p> <p>and there&#39;s a Nuance there and when we start to sort of understand what&#39;s happening with </p> <p>our body we can then start working with the change </p> <p><br></p> <p>our fat distribution changes</p> <p>Tummy area mostly; pear to apple shape</p> <p>cardiovascular exercise can actually reduce incidents of visceral fat in our belly area it doesn&#39;t mean you lose fat it redistributes. You need a calorie deficit for actual fat loss</p> <p>estrogen declining it has a cascading impact on other vital hormones in our body two of those vital hormones are insulin and cortisol </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p>Estrogen and we know that that impacts us from our sensitivity to insulin </p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>